Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2020. Dan Rempel. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.75 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 230. Limited edition #229/300, signed by Ramsey Campbell, the writer of the introduction, and by John Rempel, the dustjacket artist, on cthe limited edition page (includes fascimile signature of now-deceased author). Black cloth boards with..... More
Stirling, UK: Lomax Press, 2013. Limited edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.25 in., pp. 206. Limited edition #149/300. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Unmarked interior. Protected in mylar. First published in 1946 by John Westhouse (Publishers). This is the first re-publication. Ruthven Campbell Todd (1914-1978) was..... More
London, England: John Westhouse, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. 182. Beige boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing to dustjacket edges; chips to top/bottom of dustjacket spine. Age-toning to pages. Slight spine lean. Protected in mylar. R.T. Campbell is the pseudonym for Ruthven Campbell..... More
New York: Avon Book Company, 1947. Softcover. A magazine format publication (7 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in.),card covers, quite worn, with a shallow 1/2 in. edge tear extending throughout the first 89 pages, shelfwear, yellowed but still supple pages. Previous owner's stamp (from Hawaii, which might explain it's rougher..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1966. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 241. Olive cloth boards with gilt title to spine. LIghtly nudged bottom corners. Gentle crease vertically across preliminary pages. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges with a couple small closed tears to top and bottom of..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1954. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.25 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 258. Beige cloth boards with dark brown title to front and spine. Light moisture stain to top of spine and along base of rear board. Untrimmed fore-edge. Bokseller's sticker to rear..... More
New York: Scribner, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 9.5 in. x 6.2 in., pp. 369. Personally inscribed and signed by the late author on the title page. Dark blue paper boards over dark blue cloth spine. Gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to top/boottom of spine. Protected in mylar. Cliff..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. Small octavo, 7.8 in x 4.8 in., pp. xvi, [2], 237. Signed by the author on title page. Black cloth-covered boards with copper title bands, and publisher's insignia to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Small nudges to three corners. Pen..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1970. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 234. Black cloth boards with blue and gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. Colorful dustjacket design by John Alcorn. A few creases to dustjacket edges, with small chip to base of..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.7 in., pp. 240. Black cloth boards with silver title to spine. Endpaper map of crime scene. LIght rubbing to dustjacket edges. Small closed tears and creases to top and bottom of spine. Protected..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company & Story Magazine, 1946. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Cornell Woolrich, writing as William Irish. A Story Press Book published by Lippincott in association with Story Magazine Octavo. Tan boards with blue lettering and design to spine. Front free endpaper bears 16 date stamps on one..... More
New York: Brewer & Warren Inc., 1930. "Second Printing Before Publication" Hardcover. Octavo, 7.7 in. x 5.2 in., pp. 344. Red cloth boards with black title and bold poison design to front and spine. Light shelfwear to top and bottom of spine; sunning to spine. Top front corner lightly nudged..... More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929. Erskine Nicol. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.4 in. x 5.6 in., pp. xiv, [2], 214.. Green cloth boards with yellow title to front and spine. Rubbing to edges. Light sunning to top-edge and spine. Large chips to top and bottom of front (obscuring title)..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday/Crime Club, 1959. Stated First Edition. Very Good. Octavo. Black cloth-covered boards with light-blue lettering on spine. Tiny nick to front board and ever-so-slight rubbing to extremities. Some shelfwear to dustjacket, with $2.95 price intact, to flap. Upfield's 23rd Inspector ("Bony") Bonaparte mystery, with the superbly..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Octavo. Black, cloth-covered boards with red lettering to front board and spine. Shelfwear and rubbing to extremies. Good only. Some darkening to front and rear endpapers. A solid, good reading copy of an uncommon mystery. Not particularly pretty, but..... More
